Associate Planning Engineer

Job description

Leidos offers its knowledge and expertise over a wide area of cutting-edge energy technologies and independent oversight, combined with proven business acumen. Building our work for publicly and privately owned utilities, financial institutions, and local governments, we provide our clients with business insight into all sectors of the infrastructure industry. We are seeking an Associate Planning Engineer to join our dynamic Energy & Systems Solutions team.

In this role, you will provide transmission planning consulting services as an entry-level engineer, working under the supervision of senior staff on projects for Municipal Utilities, Investor-Owned Utilities, and Regional Planning organizations (ISOs/RTOs). This position offers a foundational opportunity to develop technical expertise within the Leidos Planning practice.

Responsibilities

You will work on day-to-day objectives with limited impact beyond the scope of your assigned project team.

Duties include: Technical Support: Solve simple, routine technical problems following established procedures and policies.

Systems Analysis

Apply basic principles, theories, and concepts of electrical engineering to support transmission system planning and power system analysis.

Tool Utilization

Utilize and develop proficiency in industry-standard analytical tools such as ETAP, SKM, CYME, Synergi, WindMil, PSS/E, PSLF, PowerGEM TARA, or ASPEN.

Documentation

Assist in the technical writing of project findings and contribute to the preparation of basic analysis for project reports.

Communication

Communicate with peers to explain facts, basic analysis, and engineering processes related to your work area.

Professional Development

Learn to apply NERC reliability standards FERC regulatory policies, or IEEE standards to real-world infrastructure projects.

Qualifications

Education: Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering (BSEE).

Experience

Approximately 0 - 4 years of prior relevant experience preferred.

Knowledge

Basic knowledge of and ability to apply principles, theories, and concepts of the electrical engineering domain (e.g., load flow, short circuit, and basic circuitry).

Analytical Skills

Ability to solve routine technical problems in a team environment.

Communication

Demonstrates solid oral and written communication skills for peer-to-peer collaboration.

Travel

Willingness to travel to project and/or client sites as required for data collection or team meetings. PDSPM PowerDelivery If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo — because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 — and moving faster than anyone else dares.

Original Posting

October 7, 2026 For U.S.

Positions

While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range

Pay Range $57,850.00 - $104,575.00 The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.